Sivela Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Sivela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 411 | 1:131,819 | 15,401 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Sivelä (15) are calculated separately.
Sivela (97) may also be a first name.
Sivela Demographics
Average Sivela Salary in
South Africa
R 98,676
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sivela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sivela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sivela occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Sivelä. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sivela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 658,434th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. Sivela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sivela are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sivela is also the 962,660th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 97 people.
This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 411 people, or 1 in 131,819. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Sivela Last Name Statistics demography
Sivela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.48% less than the national average, earning R 98,676 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sivela
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